Regarding the move, the lady who was going to buy my flat pulled out the day before the exchange of contracts which is totally late (stupid a**e). This meant I had to remove my offer for the house I was going to buy and with the looming cricket season my partner and I couldnt face anymore more house hunting. So my flat is being rented and we have moved into a really nice house just the other side of town in chelmsford. Its so good to get all the moving out of the way because it really is one of the most stressful things you can do, it feels great to be settled somewhere and to be able to focus properly on training and things again.
On the training front not much has changed since before christmas, only a slight shift in emphasis to more cardio and a lot more cricket, particularly bowling indoors. Gradually there are more and more of the team coming back from their winter stints abroad either playing as an overseas pro or in some cases getting married. It really is good to have more guys around, sessions are lots more fun and its great to see the changes people have made to their games and fitness. Sadly at the moment im on my way to losing a bench press bet with the physio which means I will be taking him to dinner somewhere of his choice (nandos).
Cricketwise im working with Chris Silverwood the bowling coach on a few different deliveries for the new season in an attempt to be more successful in all forms of the game. One of my main goals for the year ahead is to reduce my economy rate in all cricket which should hopefully lead to some more wickets. On the batting side I really want to increase my training workload fullstop. It can be quite difficult sometimes as a bowler but im going to make sure I hit more than my fair share of balls this season. Great news is that the preseason tour to Barbados is on. In the past few years Essex have toured UAE and Barbados and the trips have been amazing and so productive. When some teams are stuck indoors training it can really give us an edge on the competition to be outside in the sun, not to mention how good the trips have been for team morale!
Poker has started well in the new year. Im currently in 4th on the sharkscope leaderboard for Holdem 9-10 players non turbo total profit (www.sharkscope.com/PushTheEdge). I am tring to decide if it is worth moving up in stakes and risking my ROI coming down as a result of tougher games or to just keep beating the $10s for a tidy amount per month. I have also set up a pokerstars home game for friends if people are keen to join. I dare say it will be mostly cricketers who do but anyone is welcome see the link below.
You are invited to join my private poker club for Home Games online.
- If you don't already have it, download the free PokerStars software from www.pokerstars.com- Open the main poker lobby, then click on the Home Games tab
- Click the 'Join a Poker Club' button
- Enter my Club ID number: 27359
- Enter my Invitation Code: cricketers
That's it! Once I've approved your membership request, we'll be ready to start playing Home Games online together.
If you want to find out more, visit www.pokerstars.com/homegames
Aside from cricket and poker I am trying to coach as much as possible right now so if anyone is interested in some coaching please feel free to email me at chriswright500@hotmail.com. Coaching can be done online as well. If you have any comments about this or any other post i would be pleased to here them and you can leave them below or email or Facebook me. Anyway enough from me I hope you have all had a good start to the year and will chat soon.
Regards Chris
